A Critical Look at the Phillies Organization and Minor League Baseball
Last part of the series on midseason updates after looking at players off the list on Tuesday and hitters on Wednesday. This time it is pitchers, a position that has become and org focus in the past few years. With quantity comes some quality, but also some players that have dropped off. Up: Ben Lively … Read more
It was asked in the comment section on the previous article if I could give updates from the minor league side on who is improving, and just overall rumors and news. So far it has been a fairly quiet spring from the minor league side, but there has been some things worth noting. So here … Read more
Just when you thought ranking season might be over another list comes along. This is the first list from 2080 Baseball, a new venture founded by former head of Baseball Prospectus. Their minor league team includes a lot of familiar names from previous scouting teams at places like Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs. The list this … Read more
Team prospect list time is starting to wind down, and now we move into global top prospect lists, and Baseball Prospectus kicks things off with their Top 101. The list itself is a collaborative effort by their entire prospect staff (as opposed the Phillies Top 10 which was Jeff Paternostro‘s list with input from others). The … Read more
Prospect lists are an easy way to take a glimpse into an unknown future. If any player has made the majors, their stay has been short enough to not give us much. The problem with prospect lists is that they do not give a complete look into the young talent in an organization, and consequently … Read more
I could talk for days about how a player on the fringes of this list could contribute to a major league team some day, but the reality is that the future of the Phillies is really built on these ten players. This year, many of them will join former top prospects like Aaron Nola and … Read more
The League Top 20s march on with the New York Penn League. In general the list tends to be a bit weak outside the top few names. This is because the top HS picks tend to skip over the league, which leaves it with some college draftees who qualify for the innings and PA thresholds, … Read more
Fangraphs’ Kiley McDaniel did a reevaluation of sorts for the state of the minor leagues right now. There isn’t a ton new for Phillies fans since it doesn’t go very deep, but it is an interesting look at pop up guys and other things going on. Crawford at #3: Not much new here, J.P. Crawford comes … Read more
Today Baseball Prospectus released their Midseason Top 50 prospects still in the minors as well as a supplemental list of players that just missed. The Phillies placed two on the Top 50 and one on the just missed list. Here is what BP had to say. #4 J.P. Crawford The former first-rounder made short work … Read more
Yesterday Chris King wrote a piece for Fangraphs detailing the increase in velocity and stuff for Williamsport right hander Franklyn Kilome. Kilome is obviously the most prominent member of the following group, but he is not the only player to keep an eye on this season. So I went through our pitch database and found … Read more